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Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville (France/Canada, 1661-1706)

1686: Leads a military expedition against the British Hudson Bay fort of Moose Bay.

1697: Leader of a major military campaign to the Hudson Bay.

1698-9: Sails to the mouth of the Mississippi and builds a fort at Biloxi.

1700: Sails up the Mississippi to strengthen the French presence in the region.

1701: Builds a fort on Mobile Bay.

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville: The El Cid of Canada

Pierre LeMoyne Sieur d'Iberville and the Establishment of Biloxi

Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville

Ibn Battuta (in full Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah al-Lawati at-Tanji ibn Battutah, Morocco, 1304-1369)

1325-7: Makes a pilgrimage to Meccah by way of Egypt and Syria. Lives in Meccah for a few years.

1330-2: Travels to East Africa and South Arabia.

1332-3: Travels through Central Asia to India.

1342-8: By way of South India, the Maldives, Ceylon, Bengal, Assam and Sumatra to China, and returns to Egypt through Sumatra, India, Arabia, Persia and Syria.

1349: Returns to Morocco, after a third pilgrimage to Meccah.

1350: Visits Granada.

1352-3: Crosses the Sahara to Timbouctou and Silla on the Niger.

The Travels of Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta - the great traveller

Arab Greats: Ibn Battuta, the lone time traveller

al-Idrisi (full name Abu `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd Alah ibn Idris al-Hammudi al-Hasani al-Idrisi, Morocco, 1100-1166)

Travelled extensively through Northern Africa, Western Europe and Asia Minor

ca. 1145: Becomes the official court geographer of king Roger II of Sicily. Sends out expeditions, collects sources and produces two world maps and a book on geography.

Al-Idrisi (Dreses)

Al-Idrisi

World Maps of al-Idrisi

Domingo Martínez de Irala (Spain, 1487-1557)

1537: Founds the icty of Asunción.

1539-1557: Governor of Paraguay. Explores the surrounding areas, founds Corrientes, Santa Fe and Buenos Aires and establishes contacts with the colony in Peru.

Pedro de Iriarte (also known as Antonio de Iriarte, Spain, dates unknown)

1686-7: With Rivas, thoroughly explores the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico looking for La Salle. Finds the shipwreck of La Salle's ship La Belle.

Rivas-Iriarte expedition